Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity
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ISBN: 9781337399074
Author: John C. Kotz, Paul M. Treichel, John Townsend, David Treichel
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Chapter 14, Problem 71GQ
The ozone in the Earth’s ozone layer decomposes according to the equation
2 O3(g) → 3 O2(g)
The mechanism of the reaction is thought to proceed through an initial fast equilibrium and a slow step:
Show that the mechanism agrees with this experimental rate law:
Rate = −(1/2)Δ[O3]/Δt = k[O3]2[O2].
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